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Forum Comp, Day 1, MONDAY. Off we go again, Watford v Arsenal 1-2-X
Tikay10
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A very good Monday morning to you all.
After all the excitement of last week, especially Tiger's extraordinary Masters win - it's back to earth with a bump today as we head to Vicarage Road for Watford v Arsenal.
We will go for a nice simple "outright" today to keep things simple, & that should ensure a healthy batch of winners to get the week started.
Before we get started though, 2 quick messages....
Comments
We still need more runners. We are hovering around 50, which is good, but we need more.
So tell your friends on Facebook or whatever to head across here & join in. We don't bite, & there's not been a bit of bad blood in the comps since we started.
There are plenty of folks who use the Forum & never take part too.
Every little helps as we continue the project to rev up this Forum & help to protect it's future.
Daily Summary of Selections. These are essential, they help engagement, & folks like to know where they stand.
4 different people helped out last week with summarising selections - @MAXALLY @mumsie @EvilPingu & @PKRPar.
I never asked any of them, or even knew they would do it. They just did it. No pay, no reward, nothing. That's Community as it should be. I'm immensely grateful, as I struggle a little with time management & modern spreadsheets.
Yesterday, right out of the blue, I received a PM from @dobiesdraw offering to do the list of Selections on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday of this week, so that's 3 days of this week sorted already. She can't do the rest of the week as she has to attend her Old People's Home Sewing Bee on Thursday, & she has a date with @HAYSIE on Friday, but it helps.
All good.
First up, the game starts at 8pm this evening, so the Latest Entry time will be....
7.30pm
Here are the prices we will use, these are the current prices on Skybet.com;
Watford (Home) 21/10
Draw 11/4
Arsenal (Away) 11/10
The SportingLife.com take on the game.
https://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/more-road-woe-for-gunners/165187
Finally, the OPTA stats;
Watford have lost four of their previous five home games against Arsenal in the Premier League, but did beat the Gunners in their most recent such encounter last season (2-1).
Arsenal have not lost back-to-back away league games at Watford since a run of three straight defeats ending in November 1987.
None of the 11 previous Premier League meetings between Watford and Arsenal have ended in a draw (nine wins for Arsenal, two for Watford); only four fixtures in the competiton have been played more often without ever sharing the spoils (Manchester United v Wigan (16), Aston Villa v Derby (14), Derby v Leicester (12) and Manchester United v Watford (12)).
Watford have only won two of their 15 Premier League games when playing on a Monday (D5 L8); a 4-2 win over Portsmouth in April 2007 and a 4-1 victory against Chelsea in February 2018.
Arsenal have won seven of their last eight Premier League games on a Monday, losing only against Crystal Palace in April 2017 in that run.
Watford are unbeaten in their last five Premier League home games, winning the last three in a row (D2). They last won four in a row at Vicarage Road within the same top-flight season back in December 1986.
Arsenal are yet to keep a clean sheet away from home in the Premier League this season (15 games). They last had a longer run without a clean sheet on the road in the top-flight between April 1984-February 1985 (16 games).
Just one of Arsenal’s five Premier League away wins this season has come against a side starting the day higher than 16th place in the table, with the Gunners beating 8th placed Bournemouth 2-1 in November.
Watford’s Troy Deeney has scored nine Premier League goals this season, only netting more in the 2015-16 (13) and 2016-17 (10) campaigns. He could become just the third player to score 10+ goals in three different top-flight seasons for the Hornets after Luther Blissett (3) and John Barnes (4).
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is Arsenal’s highest Premier League goalscorer this season with 17 goals. However, he’s not netted in any of his last five away from home since a goal at Brighton on Boxing Day.